Sixth person charged in death, robbery of North Country man

Posted September 12, 2017 at 2:40 PM

Six charged North Country homicide.JPG

Six people people have been charged in connection with the shooting death of Tyler J. Johnson, 20, of Pamelia, Jefferson County. Top row, from left to right: Christopher M. O'Connor, Shawn O. Moore Jr. and Taylor I. Beckstead. Bottom row, from left to right: Sammy L. Brown, Jamaal K. Carr and and Devin H. Davis.
(New York State Police)

Crime scene tape ropes off a Jefferson County home where a man was shot. Tyler Johnson, 20, was shot May 18, 2017, and airlifted to a Syracuse hospital where he later died, according to state police.New York State Police

PAMELIA, N.Y. -- A sixth person has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a North Country man.

Christopher M. O'Connor, 21, of 1429 Gill St., Watertown, was arrested Monday and charged with helping plan the robbery that led to the death of Tyler Johnson. O'Connor is the sixth person linked by the New York State Police to Johnson's death.

O'Connor was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury. Months before his arrest, O'Connor told the Watertown Daily Times he had known Johnson -- his "best friend" -- since he was 13 years old.

Johnson was targeted in a robbery that O'Connor helped plan, troopers said. The deadly shooting happened on May 18.